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Communication, Covey, Culture, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Planning, Preparation, Tactics, Time Management · February 14, 2023

#299: Describe your average perfect week

One of my favorite activities I ask of my clients is to describe their average perfect week. The responses vary, but it gets people thinking on what is important in their lives. If you would rather listen to the Podcast Version - CLICK HERE Don't worry if you can't simply answer this. This is not an …

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Culture, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Negotiation, Professionalism, Respect, Responsibility, Ziglar · January 31, 2023

#296: Defending Culture

For quite some time, I was part of the management team of a manufacturing facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Quality was top of mind as we were getting ready to hire a new plant manager. Senior management in the organization refused to build high-profile components in Mexico because the expectation …

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Communication, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Planning, Preparation, Professionalism, Responsibility, Tactics, Time Management, Ziglar · August 16, 2022

Hit me with your best shot

The famous Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had an Intern working for him. On one random Thursday morning, Secretary Kissinger asks the Intern to write a position paper on a particular topic. If you would rather listen to a podcast version, CLICK HERE, otherwise continue reading The Intern is …

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Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Planning, Professionalism, Respect, Sales, Time Management, Ziglar · August 12, 2022

Tips: Investing your time

Today's blog is a story that I love. I've heard it from numerous people, but the one that tells it the best, is my favorite story-teller, Zig Ziglar. Zig Ziglar tells the story of Emmanuel Ninger. In 1887, Ninger walked into the local grocery store to buy turnip greens. He gave the clerk a …

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Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Planning, Preparation, Professionalism, Time Management, Ziglar · May 24, 2022

What can you learn by planning your summer vacations?

Planning your summer vacation? It's Memorial Day Weekend and the unofficial start of summer. What are your plans? Have you decided where you are going to spend those days or weeks off? Maybe you've elected to take every Friday off between now and Labor Day so you can get long weekends in and do a …

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Communication, Goals, Influence, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Negotiation, Professionalism, Responsibility, Tactics, Ziglar · May 17, 2022

Balancing the needs of the organization and team in the post-pandemic era

In last week's blog, Motivators vs Consequences, we showed a pre-pandemic list of what employees value. Since the pandemic, the needs for autonomy, work-life balance, and flexible scheduling have moved up the list in importance. As leaders we must always keep the goals & objectives of the …

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Communication, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Professionalism, Respect, Responsibility, Tactics · May 9, 2022

Motivators vs. Consequences!

You layout the new policy … your team will adapt their daily work habits and put it in place. If they do this the company will have; higher efficiency, more effectiveness, improved customer satisfaction, and they all will be treated to an additional week off with full pay after the results are …

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Communication, Goals, KoleHardFacts, Leadership, Motivation, Planning, Preparation, Professionalism, Respect, Responsibility, Sales, Time Management, Ziglar · December 29, 2021

Make this years goal setting process easy

Mondays' have always been my day. I loved them. It was time to put my plan into action. That plan was different every week, but it was the same. It always revolved around sales, accounts, territories, products, management, building the team, internal and external meetings, traveling, putting …

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Communication, Goals, Motivation, Professionalism, Time Management · November 27, 2021

Leadership Tip: Delegate problem solving

You are the leader, it is your problem, no one else's, right?  Leadership involves calculating return on investment. Sometimes that means you take the 2nd best solution to a problem, not the first. Why would you do that? Stop being the Chief Problem Solver in your organization. Let the team …

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Goals, Leadership, Motivation · January 6, 2019

3-step process to good habits

The CEO of the Ziglar Organization, Tom Ziglar, is quoted saying ... "the fastest way to success is to replace bad habits with good habits".  As Ziglar Certified Trainers, we actually facilitate workshops based on this concept called Live to Win! This sounds like a simple concept, however it is …

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